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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Ports Report Surge In Import Trade

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

The healthy performance that suggests the Pacific ports may have finally worked through major delays and congestion that plagued them during and after protracted labor negotiations with the West Coast dockworkers union over much of the past year.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Hostess Brands Makes A Comeback From Bankruptcy; Targets Bread

Free of the pension costs and union contracts that weighed down its previous owners, Hostess has nurtured retail sales of its products nearly back to their pre-liquidation level of more than $1.3 billion in 2012, with a fraction of the workers.

Slave Labor Pet Food Lawsuits Now Include Mars, Procter & Gamble And Nestle

Procter & Gamble

So far, two plaintiffs have said they would not have bought the pet food, or have paid as much as they did for it, if they had known it was likely to have been produced using slave labor at some point in the supply chain.

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National Resources Defense Council Grades Restaurant Chains On Antibiotics: Most Fail Big Time

The report builds on rising concern that overuse of antibiotics in meat production contributes to the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections that claim at least 23,000 lives each year.

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Carbon Footprint

Cargill Agrees To Settle Clean Air Act Violations

Under the terms of the settlement, Cargill will pay a $110,000 civil penalty to the U.S., and will perform an Enhanced Leak Detection and Repair project at the Eddyville facility for a period of one year.

Canada Drops Price Fixing Charges Against Mars, But Not Nestle

The Competition Bureau announced that prosecutors had stayed price-fixing charges from 2013 against Mars Canada Inc., wholesale distributor ITWAL Ltd., former Nestlé Canada confectionery president Sandra Martinez and ITWAL president David Glenn Stevens.

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Whole Foods Market And Instacart Save Shoppers Nearly 1 Million Hours In First Year

Whole Foods Market and one-hour grocery delivery service Instacart today marked the one-year anniversary of a partnership that has helped Whole Foods Market customers conveniently purchase groceries and have them delivered in as little as one hour.

Purdue Farms Inc. To Acquire Niman Ranch Brand

Perdue Farms Inc. will purchase Natural Food Holdings, including the Niman Ranch brand.

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McDonald’s Commits to Cage-Free Eggs

McDonald's Corp.

On an annual basis, McDonald's USA purchases approximately two billion eggs and McDonald's Canada purchases 120 million eggs to serve on its breakfast menus.

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Florida Judge Approves $3.99 m Deal In Kashi GMO False Advertising Lawsuit

Produce Company Recalls Cucumbers Following Salmonella Outbreak In 27 States

Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce said this weekend it was voluntarily recalling the cucumbers and working with the Centers for Disease Control to determine if, in fact, the cucumbers were the source of the outbreak now reportedly covering 27 states.

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Russia Proposes Endless Ban On US, EU Meat Imports

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